Mop wringer and pail



April 7, 1925. 1,533,021

R. MATHER IOP WRINGER AND PAIL Filed April 4. 1923 7 Y I lmvz'w'r'cne 7 TI E RA Y M UNI] MATHEB ATTUFNEY Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

UNITED STATES RAYMOND MA'IZIE-IIER, or HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOP WRINGER AND PAIL.

Application filed April 4,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it know that RAYMOND MATHER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop VVringers and Pails, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mop pails and wringers combined therewith and one of its objects is to provide a mop pail with a receptacle for dirty water and means associated with this receptacle for wringing the mop to cause the dirty water expressed from the mop to enter the receptacle.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a simple mop wringing lever, whereby a worker may wring a mop by a foot depressing movement.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain new and useful constructions, combinations and. arrangements of parts, clearly described in the following specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views, on an enlarged scale, showing a connecting link between the mop wringing lever and the dirty water receptacle.

Referring to the accompanying drawings illustrating the practical embodiment of the invention 5 designates a pail or receptacle, which is divided transversely by a partition 6 to provide a clean water compartment 7 and a dirty water compartment 8.

The upper horizontal edge portion of the partition 6 carries a roller 9 and an auxiliary receptacle 10 is disposed on the compartment 7. This. auxiliary receptacle is provided with a sloping wall or side 11 which normally projects over the roller 9 and engages this roller. The upper edge portion of the sloping side wall 11 carries a roller 12, which is supported above the roller 9, and which forms the base roller of the wringer roller set.

On one side of the pail 5 a lever 13 is pivoted at 14. This lever is substantially L-shaped and is inverted so that its bend 13 will be normally supported above the two rollers 9 and 12 and its longer arm 13 will project downwardly and rearwardly to receive one end of the foot piece or bar 15,

1923. Serial No. 630,002.

which is rigidly mounted thereon. On the other side of the pail a similar le'ver16 is mounted upon the pivot 17, its bend 16 being disposed in alignment with the bend 13 of the lever 13, and its long arm 13 extending in the same general direction as the arm 13 of the lever 13, to receive the other end i of the foot bar or piece 15. A wringer roller 18 is pivoted by its shaft 19 upon the bends 13 and 16 of the levers 13 and 16, so as to normally contact with the lower wringer roller 12. In order to hold the receptacle 1O in proper working relation with the wringer mechanism the receptacle 10 is supported at each side on the shaft 19 by means of a link 20, the lower end of each link engaging the pin 21 carriedby the side wall of the receptacle 10. I

In using the device for wetting a mop and. wringing it, the mop is dipped in the auxiliary receptacle 10, which receives its sup ply of fresh water from the compartment 7. When it is desired to wring the mop after it has been worked over a floor the mop is passed through the rollers 12 and 18 and pressure is applied to the foot bar 15, so that the upper roller 18 will be moved against the lower roller 12, under pressure, thus squeezing the mop fabric between the two rollers, and expressing the dirty water therefrom into the auxiliary receptacle 10. This action will cause the auxiliary rece' tacle to tilt so that its contents will be disc arged into the compartment 8 when the wringing has been completed. On releasing foot pressurefrom the foot bar the auxiliary receptacle will be permitted to drop into the compartment 7 and be again filled with fresh water. To assist in this filling a self closing valve 21 may be arranged on the bottom of the auxiliary receptacle 10 to permitof the admission of water thereto, this valve having a pendant projection to engage the bottom of the receptacle 5, whereby it will be forced into an open position when the receptacle 1O descends to its lower-most position in the compartment 7. When the receptacle 10 is tilted the valve will automatically close.

By removing the shaft 19 the auxiliary receptacle may be removed. The wringing action may then be obtained by using the upper wringing roller in connection with the roller 9.

Having described my invention I claim 2- 1. A combined mop pail and wringer consisting of a pail having a partition dividing the same into. tWo compartments, levers pivoted on the pail, "a roller carried by the levers over the partition, a foot bar connected.

to the levers, and an auxiliary receptacle in 5 one of the compartments arranged to be tilted when the levers are depressed, so that the contents of said auxiliary receptacle Will be discharged into the other compartment.

2. A combined mop pail and mop Wringer consisting of a pail having a transverse partition dividing the. same into two coniin one of the compartments and adapted v to be tilted to discharge its contents over the partition into the other compartment,

a roller carried by said receptacle, a sec- 0nd roller, and levers pivoted to the pail and carrying the second roller for tilting the receptacleand wringing a mop between the tWo rollers. I Signed by meat Springfield, Mass.

, RAYMOND MATHER. 

